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Moshava Ba'ir Greater Philadelphia

A Summer Experience They'll Never Forget

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

All campers and staff must be up to date on their immunizations and submit immunization records before the start of camp.

Due to construction on the previous Moshava Ba’Ir Greater Philadelphia campus, a new campus location will be announced at a later date.

Moshava Ba’ir is for children entering Pre-K (4Y) through entering 7th grade with the addition of a Madrachim in training (MIT) program for entering 8th grade. Our program is carefully and thoughtfully developed to be age and developmentally appropriate for these ages across the board, from swim and sports, to chinuch, specialties and arts.

Campers at Moshava Ba’ir enjoy a rich and well-rounded experience. Each day will include daily instructional & free swim, sports (basketball, soccer, tennis, football and more), specialties (music, dance, arts & crafts, yoga, cooking, baking, gardening, fitness and more), and our unique experiential education program.

All campers enjoy a full camp experience, and our tailored scheduling allows for more sports-weighted schedules for bunks that enjoy sports and specialty-weighted schedules for others. We also offer chugim (electives) for our older campers in which they can choose their own interests!

We offer both free swim and Red Cross swim instruction on a daily basis. Our swim program has low swim-instructor to students ratios and many WSI certified swim instructors. Free swim and swim instruction will take place in the four 41’ by 21’ aboveground heated pools we install on the Frisch campus for the summer. The pools have wooden decks alongside them to create a ground level at the water’s surface. They are centrally located on the campus and private. We use “tot docks” to create a shallower standing area for our smallest campers. The campers have a blast at the pool!

Our bunks range in size for younger campers from 11-14 campers each, with at least 2 counselors per bunk. Our older campers have bunks of approximately 15 campers each. Each grade is a separate Edah (division) of 2 bunks, 1 per gender. Our Rosh Moshava (Head Counselor) and Sganei Rosh Moshava (Assistant Head Counselors) oversees the staff. This camp structure allows each child to feel at home and cared for, while enjoying the excitement of being part of a big program!

Our bunks are separate gender bunks consist of 15 campers and 2 or 3 staff.
We understand that the experience your child will have at camp will be largely impacted by their wonderful counselors. We take pride in the maturity and responsibility of our staff, and our youngest counselors are rising high school seniors. In our youngest division, Eidot Kaytana, Aleph & Bet (campers entering PreK, K & 1st), share a Morah who works along side the Teen staff.

We run a week of intensive counselor training in advance of the summer, highlighted by a shabbat at Moshava IO, as well as regular follow up workshops that offer professional development to our staff over the course of the summer. In addition to the supervision our division heads and Rosh Moshava offer, our camp psychologist mentors and offers guidance to our counselors.

We believe that Moshava Ba’ir offers the oldest, strongest, best trained, and best supported madrichim of any day camp out there!
Each week our older divisions take one major trip, and we will also have one exciting event on campus. Examples of trips include amusement parks, berry-picking, boating and rock climbing. On campus events include carnivals with blow ups, petting zoos, and concerts. One highlight of the summer for our older campers (entering 6th – 8th grade) is the opportunity to go on an overnight to Camp Moshava Indian Orchard, in Honesdale, PA.*

*Our overnight to Moshava IO is dependent on bunk space in Moshava IO and therefore may not happen in certain summers.
Moshava Ba’ir offers an excellent sports program that includes basketball, soccer, football, volleyball, gaga, dodgeball.

Every effort is made to ensure that sports activities are age and developmentally appropriate, and are structured to incorporate instruction, play, and competition. Our huge air conditioned gym means full sports even on rainy days!

As a Bnei Akiva camp, we love the sun, outdoors, and nature. Our beautiful Moshava Ba’Ir camp features large sports fields. We are also uniquely well prepared for inclement weather, and our campers enjoy a full program of activities even on the occasional rainy or very hot day. The camps offer enormous air conditioned gyms, basketball courts, soccer, and dodgeball space.

We also enjoy an art studio, music room, dance room, cooking, and baking rooms, and bunk rooms that serve as home bases for all of our bunks.

Moshava Ba’ir is a nut–sensitive camp. The food that we serve contains no trace of peanuts or tree–nuts, and our policy is that any food sent along with your children to camp contain no nuts or trace of nuts.
Tell me about your education program At Moshava Ba’ir, we believe deeply in the unique Bnei Akiva culture of camping as a learning and growing experience. One important manifestation of this is the camp “Noseh” or educational program. Throughout the summer, our endlessly creative staff employ art, music, dance, and theater to re–create and re–experience powerful moments and places of our history.

We have a daily “chinuch” activity that campers love, facilitated by an exciting and dynamic staff of young educators.

Our number one priority at Moshava Ba’ir is always the safety and security of your children. We control access to the grounds at all times. We are staffed by full time security guard (armed). In addition to the experienced camp professionals running the program and the many staff with CPR and First Aid training, we employ a full time nurse as camp health director for the summer.

Yes! Moshava Ba’ir is looking to hire excellent staff for multiple positions, including senior positions, counselors, specialty staff, and lifeguards. Please find the staff page to learn more or apply here.
Our application process is first–come, first–served. Once an age group is full, applicants are placed on a waiting list. In the event that space becomes available, spots in the program are allocated on a first come, first–served basis. When multiple applicants are in the same position on the waiting list, spots are allocated by lottery. In all cases, we will not cash an applicant’s deposit check if we cannot offer the applicant a place in the program.